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The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Ethan is a male given name of Hebrew origin (איתן Eytan ) that means "firm, enduring, strong and long-lived". The name Ethan appears eight times in the Hebrew Bible (1 Kings 4:31, Ps. 89 title, 1 Chr. 2:6 and 2:8, 1 Chr. 6:42 and 6:44, and 1 Chr. 15:17 and 15:19).
While use of the name has sometimes proven controversial, it is in regular use in English-speaking countries. [3] While the name has never ranked among the "Top 1,000" baby names used for newborn girls in the United States, the name has seen steady usage for American girls since 2009, the year it was first given to five or more girls born that year.
From 2013 until 2015, the name was the most popular given name for male babies in the US. [3] In 2013 it was the third most popular name for baby boys in Australia. [4]In 2021, it became the most popular given name for male babies in England and Wales, [5] and in Canada. [6]
Luca is a masculine given name used mainly in Latin America, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Romania. It is derived from the Latin name Lucas. It may also come from the Latin word "lucus" meaning "sacred wood" (a cognate of lucere). The name is common among Christians as a result of Luke the Evangelist.
The name also has cognates in the Irish Ríona and Manx Reina, both also meaning "queen". Some forms of the name are short forms of the name Lorraine and its variants. Some English versions of the name such as Rainna and Reigna are influenced by its similarity in sound and spelling to the words “rain” and “reign” and “rein”. Rain ...
Deja or Déja or Dejah is a feminine given name sometimes given in reference to the French word déjà, meaning before. Spelling variants such as Daja and Dajah and elaborations such as Dejanae and Dejanelle, also with multiple spelling variants, are also in use. [1] Déjà vu is a French term referring to the feeling that one has seen events ...